In the first given high- position face- to- face US- Russian contact since Putin’s February 24 irruption of Ukraine, William Burns was in Ankara to meet Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service.
Addresses between Russia and the United States took place in Ankara on Monday, the TASS news agency reported, citing Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. A White House prophet said Central Intelligence Agency( CIA) director William Burns will advise Vladimir Putin’s asset chief about the consequences of any use of nuclear munitions, and will raise the issue of US captures in Russian jails.
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed in addresses that nuclear munitions should noway be used, including in Ukraine, the White House said.In the first given high- position face- to- face US- Russian contact since Putin’s February 24 irruption of Ukraine, Burns was in Ankara to meet Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service.
He’s not conducting accommodations of any kind. He’s not agitating agreement of the war in Ukraine,” said the White House prophet, speaking on condition of obscurity.He’s conveying a communication on the consequences of the use of nuclear munitions by Russia, and the pitfalls of escalation to strategic stability,” the prophet said.” He’ll also raise the cases of unjustly detained US citizens.”
Burns, a former US minister to Russia who was transferred to Moscow in late 2021 by Biden to advise Putin about the troop buildup around Ukraine, isn’t agitating a implicit agreement to the war in Ukraine, the prophet said.
We briefed Ukraine in advance on his trip. We forcefully stick to our abecedarian principle nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.”
The meeting comes indeed as the US issued another round of Russia- related warrants, targeting 14 people, 28 realities and eight aircraft, according to a notice posted on the Department of Treasury website.